[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H715-H716]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 UNITED STATES-MEXICO-CANADA AGREEMENT

  (Mr. CARTWRIGHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, we have cause for bipartisan 
celebration. The USMCA trade deal was signed into law yesterday.
  I want to congratulate the Democratic House negotiating team and 
thank them for their hard work for the better part of a year to make 
this a better deal.
  Heading the push to lower drug prices and strip out a massive 
giveaway to Big Pharma were Representatives Earl Blumenauer and Jan 
Schakowsky.
  Representatives Jimmy Gomez and Mike Thompson handled the negotiation 
to strengthen labor rights in the deal, and they got it to where they 
earned an AFL-CIO endorsement.
  Representatives Susan Bonamici and John Larson improved protections 
for clean air and clean water in the deal.

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  And Representatives Terri Sewell and Rosa DeLauro strengthened the 
all-important enforcement provisions in this deal.
  While we can't fix NAFTA overnight, this is a good start, and it will 
help our farmers and manufacturers create jobs. So I am glad we came 
together and passed this deal.

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